GeForce 9800 GX2, 9800 GTX & 3870 X2 Compared

**Monkeywoman** · 03-03-2008, 06:59 AM

Gigabyte X38-DQ6
2x 1.024 MiByte DDR2-800 (5-5-5-18-2T)
Core 2 Extreme QX9770 @ 3,6 GHz (400x9)

**cantankerous** · 03-03-2008, 07:04 AM

Wow, the 1y old Ultra is still best in most of those tests, especially the important ones like UT3 and Crysis. Bah.

**flopper** · 03-03-2008, 07:07 AM

30k 3dmark06 is what we need in a midsegment card.

so far, the revisions sucks.
my 8800gt feels like old scrap.

**NH|Delph1** · 03-03-2008, 08:51 AM

No offense, but the last thing we need is more simulations. The last time someone did this it spread out of control and people started to refer the figures back and forth, and all of a sudden they became real ...

//Andreas

**RaZz!** · 03-03-2008, 08:53 AM

Originally Posted by NH|Delph1

No offence, but the last thing we need is more simulations. The last time someone did this it spread out of control and people started to refer the figures back and forth, and all of a sudden the became real ...

//Andreas

yep. that was a total mess.

**grimREEFER** · 03-03-2008, 08:58 AM

the simulation is done with an overclocked 8800gts?

**TG01** · 03-03-2008, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by KoHaN69

You're kidding right?
I played on max setting on my 9700 PRO
...

No I'm not...

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid..._10.html#sect0

Doom 3 hellHole 1600x1200,FSAAx4+AF8x/16x
Geforce 6800Ultra 30.9 FPS...

Somewhat like Crysis on the fastest card out there today .. wouldn't you agree.. ?

And yes, your 9700 Pro did everything maxed out... on 800x600 maybe. Not exactly Full Steam is it..?

**Calmatory** · 03-03-2008, 07:12 PM

Originally Posted by cantankerous

Wow, the 1y old Ultra is still best in most of those tests, especially the important ones like UT3 and Crysis. Bah.

Yes, but does 8800 Ultra really exist for an average joe? No, it does not. Nvidia isn't really fighting with Ultra anymore, and only reason it ever got released was to take the performance crown, not to be a practical "good choice" for very most of people. 8800GTS512 and GT are the ones which rule really.

**kromosto** · 03-03-2008, 07:45 PM

cant figure out which card to buy after my 7800gtx cant decide ?????

**Xope_Poquar** · 03-03-2008, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by TG01

No I'm not...

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid..._10.html#sect0

Doom 3 hellHole 1600x1200,FSAAx4+AF8x/16x
Geforce 6800Ultra 30.9 FPS...

Somewhat like Crysis on the fastest card out there today .. wouldn't you agree.. ?

And yes, your 9700 Pro did everything maxed out... on 800x600 maybe. Not exactly Full Steam is it..?

Not to mention ATI cards only went up to 6x AA and Nvidia 8x AA. Nobody got to see the marveled 16x AA the game allowed.

**Eastcoasthandle** · 03-05-2008, 04:05 PM

Up to 90% performance increase over 8600GTS

**ownage** · 03-05-2008, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by Eastcoasthandle

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Up to 90% performance increase over 8600GTS

LOL, is it a typo?

**HotGore** · 03-05-2008, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by ownage

LOL, is it a typo?

Why not just say "Over 9000x performance increase over the Voodoo 2!"

**NotFred** · 03-05-2008, 06:37 PM

Hmm... double the performance of a 8600GTS... that puts it just a bit behind an 8800GTX then :-P.

**kromosto** · 03-05-2008, 06:40 PM

i want a list how much performance increase it gives from ti4200

**ToTTenTranz** · 03-05-2008, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by TG01

Doom 3 hellHole 1600x1200,FSAAx4+AF8x/16x
Geforce 6800Ultra 30.9 FPS...

Somewhat like Crysis on the fastest card out there today .. wouldn't you agree.. ?

Nop.

The 8800 Ultra won't do 30FPS on Crysis on 1600*1200 DX10 Very High Settings and 4xAA/16XAF.
At those settings it probably does 15 fps if not less.

So yes, Crysis is a freak. And its multi-gpu issues don't help at all. I guess Crytek would have to release another multi-gpu patch (one that actually works, for instance) so that Crysis can be played on tri/quad-gpu configurations. Until then we simply can't play it on very high.

**dinos22** · 03-05-2008, 06:48 PM

LOL 90% faster than a 8600 series card
hahaha
that's just dodgy

**JAG87** · 03-05-2008, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by Eastcoasthandle

Up to 90% performance increase over 8600GTS

well now I'm impressed ...

**Eastcoasthandle** · 03-07-2008, 07:00 PM

Originally Posted by JAG87

well now I'm impressed ...

Well you will be floored by the price. After digging around the interwebs someone grabbed a screenshot with a suggested retail price of

wait for it

wait for it

$680

If it does beat the X2 I wouldn't settle for a few frame gap for that price (if true).

**gundamit** · 03-07-2008, 07:17 PM

I'm pretty sure most will recognize the Frys tag and SKU style. Wonder if that was taken in one of their warehouses. Maybe in the back rooms of their retail stores now? Not really shocked by price - BTW. $80 over MSRP?

EDIT: You found the image at HardOCP forum here?

**nosboost300** · 03-07-2008, 07:20 PM

well nvidia certainly milked the g92 out for a good crapload of money

**Mad1723** · 03-07-2008, 07:22 PM

Originally Posted by Eastcoasthandle

Up to 90% performance increase over 8600GTS

It looks a lot like a 9600GT box...

**Soulburner** · 03-07-2008, 07:37 PM

Even though it says 9800GX2 right on it?

Why bother comparing to 8600GTS? Looks like Nvidia is about to pull off the biggest ripoff in GPU history here. As if they weren't making enough money already.

**Richard Dower** · 03-07-2008, 07:45 PM

So no reason to dump the 8800GTX then??

**g0dM@n** · 03-07-2008, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by HotGore

Why not just say "Over 9000x performance increase over the Voodoo 2!"

ROFL....

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